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Solar panels in Tynemouth, designed on a free call.
A 12-panel roof in Tynemouth makes about 6,190 kWh a year and costs £6,360 installed; a free 30-minute video call sizes it to yours.
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How much a Tynemouth roof makes, month by month
PVGIS puts Tynemouth at 973 kWh per kWp a year, 8% above our Northumberland county estimate. 69% of it arrives between April and September, peaking in May.
Generation per kWp, month by month
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| Month | kWh/kWp |
|---|---|
| January | 33.2 |
| February | 52.5 |
| March | 85.2 |
| April | 112 |
| May | 127 |
| June | 116 |
| July | 118 |
| August | 107 |
| September | 90.8 |
| October | 61.3 |
| November | 41.1 |
| December | 28.9 |
Source: PVGIS v5.2 (European Commission JRC), SARAH3 database, 1 kWp, 14% system loss, 35 degree pitch, due south, checked September 2026.
Our GB average is 925 kWh per kWp a year, the mean of the 85 county PVGIS estimates we publish; at 973, Tynemouth is 5% above it.
How Tynemouth compares
Tynemouth is one of 18 Northumberland towns we track, and it ranks joint 4th of 18 for solar yield. The House of Commons Library settlement data classes it as a large town of 61,864 people. At 973 kWh per kWp a year, a typical 12 panel system here pays for itself in around 7.3 years on the 12p scenario: £877 of year one benefit against £6,360 installed, £247 of that benefit from cutting 26.32p imports with your own generation.
These are starting numbers, not a quote. The calculator below opens on Tynemouth's own PVGIS figure; change the panels, the battery or the export rate and it reruns. The design call replaces every assumption with your roof and your bills.
Any planning application in Tynemouth sits with North Tyneside, and its official House of Commons Library settlement class is large town.
The charger is in the installed price but left out of payback: charging savings depend on your mileage and tariff, which the design call models properly.
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The figures use PVGIS for the centre of Tynemouth (55.01425, -1.46371), a 26.32p/kWh import price and £1,000 per kWp installed; see the help page for the full method.
Northern Powergrid and your Tynemouth connection
Tynemouth is served by Northern Powergrid: the town's centre falls inside its North East England licence area on NESO's boundary map.
What decides the paperwork is the inverter and battery output, not the number of panels. Up to 3.68kW per phase, a system follows G98: Northern Powergrid is notified within 28 days of commissioning and nothing has to be approved first.
Above that, G99 means applying before the work is booked. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
Sources: NESO DNO licence areas (3 May 2024); Northern Powergrid, generation connections page, checked 25 September 2026. G98 vs G99, explained.
Adding a heat pump or an EV charger in Tynemouth
A heat pump in Tynemouth
In December, the darkest month here, 12 panels in Tynemouth make about 180 kWh. That is when a heat pump runs hardest, so its running cost in Tynemouth comes down to the tariff and the flow temperature rather than the roof.
In England, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme pays £7,500 towards an air source or ground source heat pump and £2,500 towards an air-to-air one, with £1,500 more until March 2027 for homes heated by oil or LPG with no mains gas (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026).
Charging an EV in Tynemouth
Tynemouth's May output, about 800 kWh from 12 panels, is several times the 70 kWh or so a typical home uses in daylight that month on our calculator's settings. Daytime charging turns that surplus into miles.
Renters and flat owners with private off-street parking can get 75% off a chargepoint and its installation, up to £500 per socket, until 31 March 2027 (gov.uk, checked 28 September 2026). The calculator above adds a 7.4kW smart charger from £1,100 installed.
The packages, priced before anyone visits
Every system is designed around your roof on the free call before anything is fitted.
Solar panel servicing and repair in Tynemouth
The same sourced benchmarks apply in Tynemouth as everywhere we cover: honest repair pricing and what a service should include.
Tynemouth solar questions
How much electricity do solar panels make in Tynemouth?
About 6,190 kWh a year from 12 panels (6.36 kWp), on PVGIS satellite data for Tynemouth: 973 kWh per kWp, or 2.66 peak sun hours a day on average. May is the strongest month, at about 800 kWh.
Is solar more expensive in Tynemouth?
Prices on this site are the same everywhere: £1,000 per kWp installed, which puts a 12-panel system at £6,360 in Tynemouth, and a Duracell Dura16 installed with solar at £4,450 on top. The local part is generation, about 6,190 kWh a year here, which is what drives payback.
Which DNO covers Tynemouth, and what does it need from me?
Northern Powergrid covers Tynemouth. A home system of up to 3.68kW per phase is notified to Northern Powergrid within 28 days of commissioning under G98, and nothing waits on approval. Larger outputs need a G99 application before work starts. Northern Powergrid publishes a guaranteed standard of 45 working days to quote for a low voltage generation connection.
What could I earn from exporting in Tynemouth?
On the 12p export scenario, a 12-panel system in Tynemouth sends about 5,252 kWh a year to the grid, worth around £630. The export rates table compares what each supplier pays.
How much solar does Tynemouth get in December?
December is the low point: about 180 kWh from a 12-panel system in Tynemouth, on PVGIS data, rising to 800 kWh in May. From November to February the same system makes about 990 kWh in total, which is why a battery charged off-peak does more of the work in winter.
How Tynemouth compares with its neighbours
Same satellite dataset, same assumptions, so the differences are real geography rather than modelling noise.
| Town | kWh per kWp a year | vs Tynemouth |
|---|---|---|
| Tynemouth | 973 | this town |
| Whitley Bay | 973 | level |
| Wallsend | 966 | −7 kWh |
| South Shields | 982 | +9 kWh |
| Jarrow | 979 | +6 kWh |
| Hebburn | 963 | −10 kWh |
| Longbenton | 952 | −21 kWh |
Each row is a PVGIS v5.2 run at that town's centre with the same settings. Treat gaps of a few kWh as noise and gaps over about 30 kWh per kWp as real differences in sunshine.
Also for Tynemouth: Solar panels in Tynemouth from OVO Solar & Battery
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Further reading for Tynemouth
Sourced, dated and written by us. The same ground we cover on your free call.
Do you need planning permission for solar panels? Usually not
Usually not, provided the installation stays within the limits updated on 27 August 2026.
Read the guide →How much a battery saves by charging on cheap night rates
What charging at 8.5p and using at 26.32p is actually worth over a year.
Read the guide →Smart charge point regulations, explained
Why your charger arrives pre-set to charge overnight, and why it waits before it starts.
Read the guide →How much does a heat pump cost? The 2026 numbers, before and after the grant
UK median installed cost around £12,908, before the up to £7,500 grant comes off.
Read the guide →Why tariff choice moves payback more than kit choice
Identical kit, five times the export income. The tariff decision worked through with August 2026 rates.
Read the guide →MCS, HIES, RECC, NAPIT, TrustMark and Flexi-Orb: which badge does what
Six logos, six different jobs. What each scheme covers, and which are actually required.
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